The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-09-23
September Crop Report.

| From the September report of the Depart
ment of Agricultural We CLEAN The following
! items:
The prospect in July fora large corn crol
! has been uneNcelled since 1850. Condition
then lacked scarcely more than two point o
the standard of full development In a single
month the reduction of the crop expectation
was equivalent to at least so 1900, 600 bushels
! There was fall to S0.5 per cent Of 4 standar,
crop. 1t was caused by serious drought
which attacked only one dis:rir', hut that
very broad and fertile one usually co-trihHt.
! ing about three -fourth> ii the product OF The
| country, though maize i grown in rEery STATE
! and Territory. The very center of the corr
belt was attacked with greatest severity.
| The present report shows a still farther los:
! in condition of maize, from 800 to c. pc
cent, four points lower than last years crop ii
September. The memorable crop failure o
| 1881 was indicated by 80 in September, ana
So in October, some Improvement having !e
| suited from more favorable conditions. The
! depreciation is nearlj all iii The West. fh'
| States of the Atlantic Coast. and those OF the
| Gull. report larger crops than these OF las
wear, already beyond the reach OF disaster. /,
| the seven corn-surpl is STATES The average OF
last month was a: now GA.
While the average Of condition 70. the EN-
tire breadth is 12.33, .le district which SUPPLE:
the corn of commerce promises little mo!e lhdl
half of a fall crop: u f,c' wIith VIII lave "
Z
outweiehng lie l,ia,i,cly Eigl condition OF
the crop in twenty four States ot lie Atlantic
Gulf. and Paciti: Coasts. The average f"l
this immense outlasih@ region /, 81. he
large crop in the South viii lmj: Tie demand
for Western corn and thus >omewhat modify
commercial prices, which must necessarily
rule high
In tie northern portions Of New Eti2.anj
there is generally lirge development of stalk
and blade. from Abundance Of moisture. and
the ear has not malured as We'll Is III dri"f sea
sons. An early frost N III d, SOM" iiinT,
should i occar before the 2o.h :nst
POTATOES
There has been d heavy decline IN In" con
dition of potatoes during the pas! month, the
crop having encountered uniaVorabe conai-
tions in every State where grown. The pre-.
ems general average is Jl.3, falling Oh OF
nearly fourteen points stree August Is, when
it stood at S0.S. Ills is y "a" the poorest
prospect ever noted at lie sane date, the low
est previous condition Oh s ptculh': Isl during
twnety years being Il l., 1881. In that year
condition fell off to g iii October. and the e.al
was one of tile poorest ever gathered. Now
with the vcssituGies of another trying month
vet to be met, condition is as low A. At the last
report of that year.
TOBACCO.
Never has so extraordinary Il >cSsOn presents
ed its crop data for statistical record. In Ibis
instance the tobacco grower "pi"posed 4
sharp reduction of planting The insects ana
the seasons disposed of a considerable par
OF that which was seeded or transpantatl. Al.
investigation of the amount Of reduction and
its causes was undertaken soon after the ISSUE
Of the preliminary report. II showed. either
locally or generally. as to causes:
l. That concerto, effort was mad. IL lin
it planting
,. That less interest than usual va na':i-
tested in the preparation and care Of seed beds.
,. That the tobacco Il Was unusually nf.-
merous and destructive Of plants in the beds.
/. That area prepared for planting WIS M
occupied by reason Of scarcity Of plants.
>. That plants set ont died, from severity al
the drought, withou: becoming roo:ed.
6. That fields showing feeble growth t"r 4
time. snccrmbed to the drongli' and We're
abandoned.
These causes combined to produc" I rrduc-
ton far beyond the original intention. In
deed, many growers sought some slight rrrara-
ton in late planting, even in July, to repair
the stands Of such fields as We're worth culliva-
ton, with little avail, however, III the presence
of 4 drought 50 severe and long continued.
The returns OF this special investigation COW
er very large proportion Of the tobacco area
of the country, and the actual averages given.
mathematcaliy accurate in including tie ele
ments of relative production Of the several
E
The result for the western tobacco district is
about one fourth less than that returned judy
l by the same correspondents. Hey do not
specify the exact proportions oi the discrepancy
attributable TO various asst gucd or uuas> ignel
causes; such as a more thofuil-h understanding
of the area planted, the assumed setting oi
plants in lands not occupied OF account of fail
ure of seed beds, the abandonment of areas
destroyed by the drought, or tie influence OF
panic Oh the judgment Of honest observers :
but from the tenor Of remark Tie drought WAS
the main element in their calculation. Tn"
average thus returned f.om the western de-
trict is T.; per cent. of la! years area.
The celebration Of tie Hebrew New Year
day, or Rosh Hasianai'. I've gan last Monday.
and continued until Tu"sdly, with til" more
orthodox Jews TIE stay is also included in the